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Title:
Women, music, culture : an introduction / Julie Dunbar.
Author:
Dunbar, Julie C., author.
Publication Information:
New York ; London : $b Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.

©2016
Call Number:
ML82 .D86 2016
Abstract:
Women, Music, Culture: An Introduction, Second Edition is the first undergraduate textbook on the history and contribution of women in a variety of musical genres and professions, ideal for students in courses in both music and women's studies. A compelling narrative, accompanied by over 50 guided listening examples, brings the world of women in music to life, examining a community of female musicians, including composers, producers, consumers, performers, technicians, mothers, and educators in art music and popular music. The book features a wide array of pedagogical aids, including a running glossary and a comprehensive companion website with streamed audio tracks, that help to reinforce key figures and terms. This new edition includes a major revision of the Women in World Music chapter, a new chapter in Western Classical "Work" in the Enlightenment, and a revised chapter on 19th Century Romanticism: Parlor Songs to Opera. 20th Century Art Music [Publisher description]
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9781138814646

9781138814653
Physical Description:
xvi, 408 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.
General Note:
"First edition published 2011 by Taylor & Francis"--Title page verso.
Contents:
Pt. I. Telling musical stories: missing voices in the documentation of musical traditions. 1. Reflections on "deep listening": exploring music in context ; 2. Medieval liturgical roots and the documentation of the Western canon ; 3. Women in "world" music: an expanded view of global narratives -- pt. II. Restricted domains: gender spheres in art music. 4. Court performers of Japan, India, and Europe: freedom and restriction ; 5. Baroque keyboard and vocal genres: gender roles in musical families ; 6. Eighteenth-century Classicism: revisiting Vienna ; 7. Romantic-era performer/composers: walking the public/private line -- pt. III. Visual images in an aural world. 8. American popular music: 1895-1945 ; 9. Empowered voices in the public eye: women of gospel and blues ; 10. Visual media and the marketing of women performers -- pt. IV. A time of change: the impact of education on women's art music activity. 11. Changing gender roles: from nineteenth-century opera to the modern musical ; 12. Segregation and integration: instrumental ensembles from 1900 to the present ; 13. Large-scale works and experimental voices -- pt. v. No longer "one of the boys". 14. Instrumental to jazz: the forgotten role of women ; 15. Technology in the hands of women: art music, multimedia, and popular music ; 16. A new message: taking charge in the mass music market.
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